As a southerner, you need to know these Lantern Festival customs
Introduction: Our country has a vast territory and abundant resources. The hardworking and wise Chinese people have created a lot of rich and colorful cultural treasures. There are obvious cultural differences between the north and the south. The Lantern Festival is coming soon. Next, I will introduce to readers how southerners celebrate the Lantern Festival! Come and find out. The first month of the lunar calendar is the beginning of spring, and there are beautiful festivals everywhere in this month. Mr. Shui Mo lists these traditional Chinese festivals and customs for you one by one.Southern Lantern Festival Customs: Setting up Lantern Festival TreesPlanting Lantern Festival lanterns is an indispensable custom in Guangzhou and Hong Kong, similar to the custom of planting Christmas trees at Christmas. With the help of their parents, the children make rabbit lanterns, star fruit lanterns or square lanterns out of bamboo paper, hang them horizontally on short poles, and then erect them on tall poles. When they are high up, the colorful lights shine, adding another scene to the Lantern Festival.Lantern Festival Customs in the South: Flying Sky LanternsFlying sky lanterns, also known as Kongming lanterns, are large paper lanterns with candles lit underneath. The heat rises, causing the lanterns to fly in the air, attracting people to laugh and chase after them. In addition, there are children playing and enjoying various lanterns in their hands under the moon.Southern Lantern Festival Customs: Burning Tile LanternsThe game of burning tile lamps (also known as burning flower towers, burning tile towers, and burning foreign towers) is also widely spread in the south, and is popular in Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi and other places. For example, Volume 5 of the Records of Customs of China states: “On the night of the Lantern Festival in Jiangxi, children usually pick up tiles in the wild and pile them into a round tower with many holes.Southern Lantern Festival Customs: Fire Dragon DanceDancing the fire dragon is the most traditional custom of the Lantern Festival in Hong Kong. A grand fire dragon dance event was held in the Tai Hang area of Causeway Bay for three consecutive nights. This fire dragon is more than 70 meters long, with a dragon body made of 32 sections of pearl grass and filled with longevity incense. On the night of the event, the streets and alleys of the district were bustling with winding fire dragons dancing to the lights and dragon drum music.Southern Lantern Festival Customs: Stilts FestivalStilt-walking clubs are usually organized by the masses spontaneously. The street parade begins on the 11th and 12th day of the first lunar month, implying that people should register for one of the many folk flower festivals this year. The street festival officially starts on the 15th day of the first lunar month and ends on the 18th.Summary: The five more traditional customs introduced in the above article are the traditional customs of southerners celebrating the Lantern Festival that I want to introduce to you. You can learn about them and feel the charm of the cultural differences between the north and the south! After reading this article, there are more exciting contents in the special topic of the first month of the lunar calendar. Let’s take a look! |
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